Artist

David Shrigley

Portrait of David Shrigley

British, b. 1968

David Shrigley is a British artist. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. David Shrigley was born in Macclesfield.

David John Shrigley is a British visual artist. He lived and worked in Glasgow, Scotland for 27 years before moving to Brighton, England in 2015. Shrigley first came to prominence in the 1990s for his distinct line drawings, which often deal with witty, surreal and darkly humorous subject matter and are rendered in a rough, almost childlike style. Alongside his illustration work, Shrigley is also a noted painter, sculptor, filmmaker and photographer, and has recorded spoken word albums of his writing and poetry.

Collections represented

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